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Space beer bottle could take alcohol out of this world

However, at present there are strict limits on alcohol consumption in space.

14 May 2018 5:24 PM IST

The rover is getting some upgraded Curiosity hardware, including colour cameras, a zoom lens and others. (Photo: NASA)

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity marks 2,000th day on red planet

It's a big milestone this week for scientists eager for Curiosity to begin drilling again

24 March 2018 9:22 AM IST

NASA astronauts changing the hand of the robotic arm on board the International Space Station (ISS). (Photo: NASA TV)

Two Americans, one Russian dock with International Space Station

On board the capsule were NASA astronauts Drew Feustel and Ricky Arnold, and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev.

24 March 2018 9:19 AM IST

On its website, NASA explains that it does use the materials for wind experiments launched on sounding rockets to the upper atmosphere.

False stories claim NASA confessed' to spreading lithium

NASA has allegedly confessed to dosing Americans with lithium and other chemicals.

23 March 2018 7:10 PM IST

The orbiting satellite is almost as big as a city bus.

China to offer commercial recoverable satellites in next two years

The satellites allow scientists to send experiments into space on unmanned missions and recover the results.

19 March 2018 8:38 AM IST

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket transporting the Tess satellite lifts off from launch complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla.(Photo: AP)

SpaceX launches new rocket primed for future crewed missions

Minutes later, the rocket's main-stage booster flew itself back to Earth.

12 May 2018 9:19 AM IST

SpaceX is working on a version of its Dragon capsule that will carry crew to the space station, perhaps as early as next year (Photo: AFP)

SpaceX postpones its first commercial launch of updated Falcon 9...

The rocket's onboard computers halted the countdown about one minute before the Block-5 edition of the Falcon 9 was set...

11 May 2018 9:11 AM IST

Tiangong-1 was originally planned to be decommissioned in 2013 but China has repeatedly extended the length of its mission. (Representative Image)

China says unlikely large pieces of space station will crash to earth

The craft is expected to re-enter Earth's atmosphere at some time from this week

31 March 2018 9:54 AM IST

US astronaut Richard Arnold shown here before heading to the International Space Station is one of two Americans undertaking a space walk. (Photo: AFP)

US astronauts make a spacewalk to perform ISS repairs

The walk, which lasted six hours and 10 minutes by flight engineers Drew Feustel and Ricky Arnold got off to a delayed...

30 March 2018 7:22 PM IST

This image is assembled from a series of January 2018 photos of Mars made by the Mars Curiosity rover. (AP File Photo, NASA)

Can we live in space? Can humans live on moon or Mars colony?

Tucked away in high-tech laboratories, a team of 30 researchers are studying new ways to keep humans alive on a...

30 March 2018 1:03 PM IST

This photo shows researchers testing Chinas first space station module Tiangong-1 at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest Chinas Gansu Province prior to its launch on September 29, 2011. (Photo: AP)

China's defunct space lab hurtling toward Earth for re-entry

China's defunct and believed out-of-control space station is expected to re-enter Earth's atmosphere sometime in the...

29 March 2018 4:51 PM IST

This image made with the Hubble Space Telescope shows the diffuse galaxy NGC 1052-DF2, lighter area in center. Several other galaxies can be seen through it. (P van Dokkum/NASA/ESA via AP)

Astronomers baffled by distant galaxy void of dark matter

The unusual galaxy's stars are speeding around with no apparent influence from dark matter, according to a study.

29 March 2018 4:27 PM IST